ARSON ATTACKS ON SYNAGOGUES
Over the last month, London police have arrested more than two dozen people as part of investigations into attacks on Jewish-linked premises, including the torching of ambulances and attempted arson attacks on synagogues.
Police said they were investigating possible Iranian links to some of the incidents, and pro-Iranian group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyya has claimed some of the latest attacks on social media.
Officials have recently warned that Iran has sought to use criminal proxies to carry out hostile activity in the UK.
That warning comes at a time when antisemitic attacks have been rising in Britain, since the October 2023 Hamas assault on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza.
The most severe antisemitic incident last year was the Manchester attack, which killed two Jewish worshippers during Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.